Extra ballot papers printed for “VIP” constituencies, claims Imran

ISLAMABAD: “Thousands of extra ballot papers were printed for VIP’s constituencies in Punjab, while over one lac extra ballots were printed for Saad Rafique’s constituency alone,” claimed the chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan on Tuesday, ARY News reported.

According to details, Tehreek-i-Insaf claimed that polls were rigged in an organized manner by getting thousands of extra ballots printed prior to General Elections 2013.

“On an average, there were 3-4 percent extra ballots were printed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), but in the constituency of Nawaz Sharif’s son-in-law 16 percent extra ballot papers were printed,” he castigated. “Provincial election commissioner sent these thousands of extra ballots to different constituencies in Punjab.”

Khan quoted former election commissioner Punjab as saying that he had no knowledge of it, adding that he thought no one will question him for whatever he does.

The PTI chairman said that the election commission cannot decide about these matters and only the judicial commission will resolve it.

Moreover, he said that the ‘party has just begun and some more names will be revealed with time’.